List of 1986 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1986 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Box office
Notes
Ref
1
January 5, 1986
Rocky IV
$7,147,074
[ 2]
2
January 12, 1986
Out of Africa
$5,137,370
Out of Africa reached number 1 in its fourth weekend of release.
[ 3]
3
January 19, 1986
Iron Eagle
$6,104,754
[ 4]
4
January 26, 1986
The Color Purple
$4,412,456
The Color Purple reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release.
[ 5]
5
February 2, 1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
$5,726,495
[ 6]
6
February 9, 1986
$6,112,115
[ 7]
7
February 17, 1986 4-day weekend
$7,023,743
[ 8]
8
February 23, 1986
$5,042,912
[ 9]
9
March 2, 1986
Pretty in Pink
$6,065,870
[ 10]
10
March 9, 1986
$4,919,668
[ 11]
11
March 16, 1986
Gung Ho
$7,170,830
[ 12]
12
March 23, 1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
$9,049,586
[ 13]
13
March 30, 1986
$5,750,986
[ 14]
14
April 6, 1986
$5,089,751
[ 15]
15
April 13, 1986
The Money Pit
$3,646,200
The Money Pit reached number 1 in its third weekend of release.
[ 16]
16
April 20, 1986
Legend
$4,261,154
[ 17]
17
April 27, 1986
$2,591,751
[ 18]
18
May 4, 1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
$4,879,107
[ 19]
19
May 11, 1986
Short Circuit
$5,346,808
Independent sources suggested that the film only grossed between $4.5 to $4.725 million.
[ 20]
20
May 18, 1986
Top Gun
$8,193,052
[ 21]
21
May 26, 1986 4-day weekend
Cobra
$15,652,147
Cobra broke Superman II ' s record ($14.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a Warner Bros. film.
[ 22]
22
June 1, 1986
$7,511,542
[ 23]
23
June 8, 1986
Top Gun
$8,231,279
Top Gun reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release.
[ 24]
24
June 15, 1986
Back to School
$8,881,035
[ 25]
25
June 22, 1986
The Karate Kid Part II
$12,652,336
[ 26]
26
June 29, 1986
$8,870,625
[ 27]
27
July 6, 1986
$6,284,953
[ 28]
28
July 13, 1986
$6,667,787
[ 29]
29
July 20, 1986
Aliens
$10,052,042
Aliens broke Halloween II ' s record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
[ 30]
30
July 27, 1986
$8,640,292
[ 31]
31
August 3, 1986
$7,060,101
Initial estimates had Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives ahead of Aliens .
[ 32]
32
August 10, 1986
$5,779,352
[ 33]
33
August 17, 1986
The Fly
$7,007,423
[ 34]
34
August 24, 1986
$4,725,970
[ 35]
35
September 1, 1986 4-day weekend
Stand by Me
$5,037,343
Stand by Me reached number 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 36]
36
September 7, 1986
$3,426,615
[ 37]
37
September 14, 1986
$3,010,922
[ 38]
38
September 21, 1986
Top Gun
$3,292,817
Top Gun reclaimed number 1 in its nineteenth week of release, with the 14 week gap since it was last number one, the longest gap for a film since 1982.
[ 39] [ 40]
39
September 28, 1986
Crocodile Dundee
$8,038,855
Crocodile Dundee set the record for highest-grossing weekend in September.
[ 41] [ 42]
40
October 5, 1986
$8,207,503
[ 43]
41
October 13, 1986 4-day weekend
$10,560,827
[ 44]
42
October 19, 1986
$7,434,202
[ 45]
43
October 26, 1986
$6,745,249
[ 46]
44
November 2, 1986
$5,716,215
[ 47]
45
November 9, 1986
$6,392,661
[ 48]
46
November 16, 1986
$5,521,551
[ 49]
47
November 23, 1986
$5,537,875
In second place, An American Tail ' s opening ($5.2 million) broke The Fox and the Hound ' s record ($4.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and The Care Bears Movie ' s record ($3.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film.
[ 50]
48
November 30, 1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
$16,881,888
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had the highest weekend debut of 1986.
[ 51]
49
December 7, 1986
$8,833,818
[ 52]
50
December 14, 1986
The Golden Child
$11,549,711
[ 53]
51
December 21, 1986
$7,877,899
[ 54]
52
December 28, 1986
$10,118,277
[ 55]
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1986 by Calendar Gross[ 56]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Top Gun
Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise , Kelly McGillis , Val Kilmer , Anthony Edwards , and Tom Skerritt
Tony Scott
$176,781,728
2.
Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan , Linda Kozlowski , Mark Blum , David Gulpilil , Michael Lombard , and John Meillon
Peter Faiman
$116,849,307
3.
The Karate Kid Part II
Columbia Pictures
Ralph Macchio , Pat Morita , Tamlyn Tomita , and Yuji Okumoto
John G. Avildsen
$115,103,979
4.
Back to School
Orion Pictures
Rodney Dangerfield , Sally Kellerman , Keith Gordon , Burt Young , Terry Farrell , Robert Downey Jr. , Paxton Whitehead , M. Emmet Walsh , and Adrienne Barbeau
Alan Metter
$91,258,000
5.
Aliens
20th Century Fox
Sigourney Weaver , Michael Biehn , Paul Reiser , Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton , Jenette Goldstein , and Lance Henriksen
James Cameron
$85,160,248
6.
The Color Purple
Warner Bros.
Danny Glover , Adolph Caesar , Margaret Avery , Rae Dawn Chong , Whoopi Goldberg , and Oprah Winfrey
Steven Spielberg
$83,993,103
7.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Paramount Pictures
William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy , DeForest Kelley , James Doohan , George Takei , Walter Koenig , Nichelle Nichols , and Catherine Hicks
Leonard Nimoy
$72,742,016
8.
Ruthless People
Buena Vista Distribution
Danny DeVito , Judge Reinhold , Helen Slater , Bette Midler , Anita Morris , and Bill Pullman
Jim Abrahams , David Zucker , and Jerry Zucker
$70,788,212
9.
Out of Africa
Universal Pictures
Robert Redford , Meryl Streep , and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Sydney Pollack
$70,365,426
10.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Paramount Pictures
Matthew Broderick , Mia Sara , and Alan Ruck
John Hughes
$70,136,369
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 1986 by In-year release[ 57]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
Top Gun
Paramount
$176,781,728
2.
Crocodile Dundee
$174,803,506
3.
Platoon
Orion
$138,530,565
4.
The Karate Kid Part II
Columbia
$115,103,979
5.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Paramount
$109,713,132
6.
Back to School
Orion
$91,258,000
7.
Aliens
20th Century Fox
$85,160,248
8.
The Golden Child
Paramount
$79,817,937
9.
Ruthless People
Disney
$71,624,879
10.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Paramount
$70,136,369
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